Lead Building Surveyor

Trident Group – UK; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Trident Group is seeking a Lead Building Surveyor to manage their property portfolio in Birmingham. The role includes ensuring compliance with housing regulations, overseeing maintenance projects, and leading sustainability efforts. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in social housing and expertise in property legislation.

Benefits

34 days annual leave plus optional additional days

Birthday leave

Life assurance (3 x salary)

Employee Assistance programme

Flexible Working options

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building surveying within social housing.
• Strong knowledge of HHSRS and AWABS laws.
• Experience in managing major maintenance contracts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with AWABS law and conduct risk assessments.
• Oversee HHSRS assessments and rectify hazards.
• Manage contractors for quality service delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree/HNC in Building Surveying

Job description

Reference 97364

Lead Building Surveyor

Birmingham, West Midlands

£50,000.00 plus £1680 car allowance per annum

37.5 hours per week

About the role

Are you an experienced Building Surveyor looking for a leadership role in social housing?

Do you have expertise in AWABS law, HHSRS compliance, and sustainability-driven asset management?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join Trident Group as a Lead Building Surveyor.

As a Lead Building Surveyor, you will play a crucial role in managing our property portfolio, ensuring compliance with HHSRS regulations, AWABS law, and PAS 2035 standards. You will oversee planned and responsive maintenance projects, support decarbonisation initiatives, and drive performance improvements in property compliance and investment.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with AWABS law, conducting asbestos surveys, risk assessments, and remedial actions.

• Oversee and manage HHSRS assessments, ensuring all identified hazards are rectified within statutory deadlines.

• Lead and coordinate planned maintenance, cyclical works, and responsive repairs across the housing portfolio.

• Manage contractors and surveyors, ensuring high-quality service delivery and cost-effective asset management.

• Support the implementation of stock investment and building safety programmes.

• Lead sustainability and decarbonisation projects, ensuring compliance with PAS 2035 standards.

• Monitor performance against KPIs, ensuring regulatory compliance and resident satisfaction improvements.

• Provide technical expertise on property legislation, compliance, and asset planning.

• Engage with residents and key stakeholders to promote participation in service delivery.

The benefits;

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
• Birthday leave
• New Home leave
• Life assurance (3 x salary)
• Employee Assistance programme
• Employee Wellbeing programme
• Flexible Working options

We are looking for

• Provenexperience in building surveying within social housing, construction, or property management.

Degree/HNC in Building Surveying, Construction, or a related field.

• Strong knowledge of HHSRS, AWABS law, and building safety compliance.

• Experience managing major maintenance contracts and property investment programmes.

• Proven ability to deliver sustainability projects and energy efficiency improvements in line with PAS 2035.

• Excellent leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities, with experience in compliance-led asset management.

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovationfor up to8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than750 staff, works with over 150 volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group has an annual turnover of more than £37m and owns assets close than £190m.

The Group consists of;

• Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
• Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering person-centred care and support services. These services include supporting people within registered care, domiciliary care, people with learning difficulties, those with mental health needs, young people at risk, older people, BME groups, people at risk of being homeless, those seeking employability, education and training opportunities and those fleeing domestic abuse.

Our Purpose:

Putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide.

To deliver against our purpose we will be:

Trustworthy We earn trust by being open, honest, and being fair

Collaborative We work as one team to achieve our goals

Accountable We take responsibility and do what we say we will do

People Focused We will always put people at the heart of everything

Caring in all we do We care about providing a great service and helping people

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• communicating and promoting vacancies
• offering an interview to disabled people
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

Applying

All applications must be accompanied with a current CV which will be used to assess your suitability for the role. Please ensure all the skills, experience and qualifications requested are clearly demonstrated in your CV as explained in the body of the advert.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS).